Pumphouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. Pumphouse.
Pumphouse
- WRENN ID
- shifting-wicket-rowan
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1987
- Type
- Pumphouse
- Address
- Pumphouse, Fairstead Lane, Little Cressingham
- OS grid reference
- TF 869 002
- Coordinates
- 52.56763, 0.75728
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pumphouse is a disused structure built in the early 19th century, originally used for raising water to the gardens of Clermont Hall. It is constructed from limewashed brick with some stone dressings and features a slate roof. The building has a square plan and is a single storey high. The three-bay facade includes a doorway flanked by windows, all with two-centred arches that have raised keystones and imposts made of stone. The eastern window retains a two-light Gothic frame, and there is a boarded door beneath the pyramidal roof. Inside, the machinery is intact, featuring an iron breast shot waterwheel that drives a three-throw pump designed by Joseph Bramah. The Pumphouse is listed as Grade II* due to the rarity of the Bramah pump.
Local climate
Pumphouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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